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Showing 30513060 of 45508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 786 · CA Rouen 8 January 2004 · Cass. com. 24 May 1976 · Cass. com. 16 January 2001 · Cass. com. 14 April 1992 · Cass. com. 15 December 2009 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

I. - The regulations governing the fund set up to manage sums invested in application of Title III of Book III of Part III of the Labour Code relating to employee savings plans provide for the establi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Analysis of samples taken.

Article R5127-16

The results of the analyses and the conclusions of the analysis report are communicated to the officials who drew up the report or the sampling record and, as appropriate, to the Agence nationale de s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Obligations of third parties

Article 1684

…ble consideration or free of charge, whether a forced or voluntary sale is involved, the transferee may be made jointly and severally liable with the transferor for the payment of income tax relating…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-16

The analyses provided for in article R. 1211-14 are supplemented, depending on the nature of the samples envisaged, by other medical biology analyses designed to diagnose transmissible infectious dise…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-16

…f the Commercial Court shall, by order made after consulting the General Meeting, determine the allocation to the chambers and departments of the court of the chamber presidents and judges making up t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds

Article L214-141

…f units or shares issued by such funds.By way of derogation from the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and the first paragraph of Article L. 214-24-34, the regulations or articles of association…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L5212-16

A commune may join a syndicate for only some of the competences exercised by the syndicate. In this case, the decision to set up the syndicate or an amending decision determines the list of communes t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-14

…older of an authorisation must send the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by 15 February each year at the latest, an annual statement of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Resources.

Article R512-14

…on or amendments to the Articles of Association that would reduce the guarantees of repayment. They may become due and payable in the event of malfeasance on the part of the directors and managers of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Operation and control.

Article R522-16

…nder the customs warehousing arrangements provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code, and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of…

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